Boston Lodge Halt railway station

Boston Lodge Halt
Taliesin shunting train into the old locomotive shed at Boston Lodge, 2003
Location
Place	Near Porthmadog
Area	Gwynedd
Coordinates	52°55′15″N 4°06′17″W / 52.92086°N 4.10469°W / 52.92086; -4.10469Coordinates: 52°55′15″N 4°06′17″W / 52.92086°N 4.10469°W / 52.92086; -4.10469
Grid reference	SH584378
Operations
Managed by	Ffestiniog Railway
Owned by	Festiniog Railway Company
Platforms	1
History
Key dates	Opened 1865
July 1928	Opened
15 September 1939	Closed
23 July 1955	Re-opened
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Boston Lodge Halt in North Wales is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway, which was built in 1836 to carry dressed slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog for export by sea.

History

This halt opened in July 1928 and is situated behind the picture in the side panel, accessed from a steep road off from the A487 road at the start of a footpath leading to Portmeirion. It is at a height of 25 ft (7.6 m) and a distance of just over 1 mile (1.6 km) from Porthmadog. The halt closed on 15 September 1939 and reopened on 23 July 1955. For that short 1955 season of the re-opening of the Festiniog Railway, Boston Lodge Halt was the temporary terminus.

Its main use is chiefly by visitors and staff to the adjacent Boston Lodge Works of the Festiniog Railway Company and by a few walkers. Trains call at this halt only on request and intending passengers are advised to check with train guard before embarking on their journey.

Up the Line from Boston Lodge, towards Blaenau Ffestiniog
view across the causeway towards Porthmadog

Sources

Boyd, James I.C. (1975) [1959]. The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 1 - History and Route. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1167-X. OCLC 2074549.
Boyd, James I.C. (1975) [1959]. The Festiniog Railway 1800 - 1974; Vol. 2 - Locomotives and Rolling Stock; Quarries and Branches: Rebirth 1954-74. Blandford: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-8536-1168-8.

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Preceding station	Heritage railways			Following station
Porthmadog		Ffestiniog Railway		Minffordd

Festiniog and associated railways

Current operators	Ffestiniog Railway Welsh Highland Railway Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

Rolling stock	Ffestiniog Railway Welsh Highland Railway Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

Stations and halts	Ffestiniog Railway Welsh Highland Railway

Support groups	Ffestiniog Railway Society Festiniog Railway Heritage Group Welsh Highland Railway Society Welsh Highland Railway Heritage Group

Other articles	Festiniog Railway Letter Service Welsh Highland Railway restoration

Ffestiniog Railway

Stations	Porthmadog Harbour Boston Lodge Halt Minffordd Penrhyn Rhiw Goch Plas Halt Tan-y-Bwlch Campbell's Platform Dduallt Tanygrisiau Blaenau Ffestiniog

Other Locations	Boston Lodge Works

Quarries	Blaen y Cwm Conglog Cwmorthin Cwt y Bugail Diphwys Casson Graig Ddu Llechwedd Maenofferen Moelwyn Slate Nyth-y-Gigfran Oakeley Rhiwbach Votty & Bowydd Wrysgan

People	Henry Archer Robert Francis Fairlie George England The Spooners of Porthmadog

Rolling stock	Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock Princess Little Wonder Lyd Fairlie locomotive Dandy waggon

Related railways	Croesor Tramway Cwmorthin Tramway Festiniog and Blaenau Railway Gorseddau Junction And Portmadoc Railway North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways Porthmadog cross town link Portmadoc, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway Rhiwbach Tramway Welsh Highland Railway Welsh Highland Heritage Railway

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